Method and Device for Conveying and Changing an Orientation of a Piece Product

A conveying and rotating unit, comprising:

• a driver transport unit;
• and
• a product support configured to slide a piece-like product thereon in a predetermined conveying direction, and wherein
• the driver transport unit is arranged above the product support, and comprises at least one first driver and at least one second driver which are simultaneously movable in the conveying direction and face the product support, wherein
• the at least one first driver and the at least one second driver each have an active surface configured to come into contact with the product, wherein
• the at least one first driver and the at least one second driver are arranged next to one another on the driver transport unit in a width direction of the product perpendicular to the conveying direction, and wherein
• the first driver comprises a surface section of its active surface which is arranged offset with respect to each surface section of the active surface of the second driver in the conveying direction.

A conveying and rotating unit, comprising:

• a driver transport unit, and
• a product support, wherein
• the product support is designed such that the a piece-like product slides thereon in a predetermined conveying direction, and the driver transport unit
• is arranged above the product support, and
• comprises at least one first driver and at least one second driver which are simultaneously movable in the conveying direction and face the product support, wherein
• the at least one first driver is arranged on the driver transport unit such that it is designed, during its movement in the conveying direction, to abut against the product resting on the product support in the a first orientation in such a way that the first orientation thereof changes toward the a second orientation by introducing the a rotational impulse, and
• the at least one second driver is arranged on the driver transport unit such that it is designed, during its movement in the conveying direction, to abut against at least two points lying on opposite sides, with respect to a center of the product in the second orientation, in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction.